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This is the first Episode of a brand new web series called Dog House: Unleashed… It is going to follow the DOG BOXER Fight Team. This is an amazing opportunity for FIGHT CHURCH because we have partnered with DOG BOXER and I am the official chaplain for the team.
FIGHT CHURCH should be prominently featured since in addition to being the team chaplain, I also help out cornering guys and whatever is needed!
I will keep you posted on future episodes…
This past Friday night, FIGHT CHURCH with a team of 5 strong, including a brand new volunteer, worked the TUFF-N-UFF event at the SouthPoint Hotel & Casino and we had a great time! This was a new venue for the promotion and we didn’t know what to expect. When we got down below the arena where the fighter prep area was located, we realized that we were at the rodeo! Not really, but the “hallway” leading to the locker room was carpet laid on top of a dirt floor lined with curtains and on the other side of the curtains there were all kinds of animal stalls and shoots. It was pretty cool, but didn’t smell great.
Anyway, the evening was incredible. As usual, we issued gloves to the fighters, helped get wraps signed off by the Athletic Commission, staged fighters, collected gloves, etc. Of course, while taking care of those duties, we were able to talk with and build relationships with fighters, coaches, corner folks, teammates and more. We also had the honor of praying with a few fighters before and/or after their fights.
TEAM THROWDOWN was there showing love to FIGHT CHURCH sporting our logo on their team shirts. Big thanks to our friend Tha Rooster! There were many other teams represented such as Anarchy, Legends, Wand, Xtreme Couture, 10th Planet, One Kick, Fryklund and Hard Knocks. Like always, there were plenty of pro fighters in the back with each team prepping teammates/students and getting them ready to compete.
Our friend and favorite cutman, Adrian Rosenbusch, was working hard turning wrappin’ hands into an absolute artform. At the risk of forgetting someone, a few of the pros/coaches in the mix were Ryan Couture, Jimmy Jones, John Wood, Tony Fryklund, Nick Blomgren, Eddie Bravo, Tyson Griffin, Kui Gonsalves-Kanoho, Cody McKenzie, Matt Riddle, Shawn Fitzsimmons, Cameron Diffley and many more. Even bumped into Frank Trigg a couple of times!
FIGHT CHURCH always has a great time serving the MMA community in whatever way possible and providing the only chaplain program the sport has here in Vegas. Thanks so much to all our volunteers. Can’t wait for the next event!
2012 is going to be incredible!
Just a quick update…
Greetings from beautiful, sunny Las Vegas, NV! We hope your holiday season was amazing! 2012 is going to be an incredible year for FIGHT CHURCH. The sport of MMA is exploding and things here in Vegas, the hub of this international sports phenom, are going nuts. There are more and more MMA events, more and more MMA promotions, and more and more MMA athletes! The MMA gyms are busting at the seams and many coaches are branching out and opening new facilities.
Here at FIGHT CHURCH we have our work cut out for us. We are excited and thankful to be working in all 4 of the biggest gyms here in town, but are planning to double that this year by expanding to some of the other gyms that are growing. We will be recruiting and training many more volunteers so we are able to work at as many events as possible.
Our website will be undergowing some changes in the near future. In 2011, we had plans to do more video and post more regular updates. Unfortunetly, we were unable to post nearly as often as we would had hoped and video proved to be more of a challenge than we thought. However, we are on track now and have even began filming some items. We have a couple of things in the works and our goal is to post a few different things every week. Be on the look out!
We are finalizing some very specific goals for this year and will be sharing them with you very soon. In the meantime, we are super excited about this year and the opportunity to continue ministering to the MMA community. Thank you so much for your support in 2011… Let’s Fight the Good Fight!
Almost time to get started!
John Wood and THROWDOWN
Our friend Rudy Morales
Marvin Eastman preps his fighter
Kevin Randleman & his fighter post fight
THROWDOWN FIGHT TEAM
Our friend Adrian gettin Rudy wrapped up
Kevin Randleman coachin
So excited that I was able to work in the fighter prep area for the last MMA XPLOSION event at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. It was a great card. I was able to talk with a ton of guys that I already know and meet several new fighters.
I was also introduced to the THROWDOWN FIGHT TEAM as their Chaplain. Our good friend Rudy Morales fought in the main event and I was able to pray with him before he went out to compete. Things went very well and I look forward to working more events with this promotion!